Bread-fastening apparatus



Aug. y13, A1929- o. F. RoHwEDDl-:R 1,724,368

BREAD FASTENING *APPARATUS vFiled Jan. 26. 1928 FIG. 3 FIG. 4

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SATES arra- OTTO F. ROHWEDDER, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

BREAD-FASTENIN Gr APPARATUS.

Appncauon mea January 2s, 192s. seriai No. 249,614.

My invention relates to improvements in bread fastening apparatus.

The objects of my invention are to provide a manually operable apparatusfor inserting staples lengthwise in a sliced loaf of bread for thepurpose of retaining the slices in their original position.

I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Figure l is a plan view of my apparatus;

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation on the line, 2-2, of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a cross-section view on the line, 3-3, of Figure l;

Figure 4 is an end elevation.

My apparatus comprises a frame which is preferably a box or invertedU-shaped casting, l, having fianges, 2 and 2, at the lower edges thereofadapted to secure the frame in suitable guide-ways formed in thetake-off apron or table of a bread slicing machine and the base may besecured in adjustable position longitudinally by any of the usualwell-known means for that purpose.

The upper face of the .frame is provided with a channel, ll, which runsthe entire length of the frame and side bars, 3 and 3', are secured tothe sides of the frame and project slightly over the channel to formdetents which secure in the channel a pusher block, 6.

Sides, l0 and 10', of the channel, l1 are preferably formed at an anglemaking the channel narrower at the bottom so as to properly center oneof the crimped staples, l2, when laid therein. The pusher block, 6, isprovided with a handle, 7, for convenience in operation. At the rear ofthe frame, l, a pin, 9, is secured which acts as a stop or detent tostop the pusher block, 6, at the rear of its travel. Near the front ofthe frame, a cross-bar, il, is secured to the side bars, 3 and 3', or tothe frame and a spring plate, 5, is secured to the cross-bar, 4. Thespring plate, 5, is mounted at an angle so that the front end of it ison a level with or slightly below the bed of the channel, ll. Thepurpose of the spring plate, 5, is to form a guiding detent for thestaples as they pass out of the channel, 1l, into the bread. The spring,5, is preferably made of light weight material so as not to afford anygreat resistance to the passage of the staple or to the extended frontend of the pusher block, 6.

In the use of my device, a pair of these appliances are slidinglymounted upon the takeoff apron of a bread slicing machine at oppositesides of the portion of the apron upon which the sliced loaf of bread isdelivered as it comes from the slicing blades.

Single staples may be laid in the channels or grooves of each applianceand the pusher blocks are then manually operated toward each other. Thestaples are preferably formed with a length considerably more thanone-half of the loaf and the apparatus described should be of suchheight that the channel, ll, will be approximately one-half as high asthe height of the loaf of bread to be secured.

t is obvious that the size, form and proportions of my appliance and thevarious parts thereof, may be varied to a considerable extent withoutdeparting from the spirit of vmy invention.

I claim:

l. An appliance for driving staplesinto a sliced loaf of bread,comprising a frame having a longitudinal channel formed in theupperportion thereof, a pusher block slidingly mounted in thel channel,sidebars secured upon the edges of the channel and projecting over thechannel a short distance,y a cross-bar secured upon the side bars nearthe front end thereof, and a spring plate having its upper end securedupon the crossbar and sloping downwardly and forwardly with its lowerend adjacent the bed of t-he channel. l

2. An appliance for driving staples into a sliced loaf of bread,comprising a frame having a longitudinal channel formedY in the upperportion thereof, a pusher block slidingly mounted in the channel, sidebars secured upon the edges ofthe channel and projecting over thechannel a short distance, a cross-bar secured upon the side bars nearthe front end thereof, and a spring plate having its upper end securedupon the crossbar and sloping downwardly and forwardly with its lowerend adjacent the front end of the channel. j

In testimony whereof he afixes his signa- OTTO F. ROI-IWEDDER.

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